http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/icefishing-river-s5.jpgWisconsin leans heavily on hunters and anglers to fund DNR wildlife management programs, but the fee revenue has not kept pace with demand. A new report outlines options the legislature can consider during upcoming budget deliberations to help address the funding shortfall.

League's brief suggests a few ways to redraw the maps while avoiding the extreme partisanship that led to the ruling.

MADISON - The League of Women Voters - Wisconsin (LWV) filed a brief Thursday in the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case, offering possible remedies for the voting district maps that have been ruled unconstitutional. The League's brief suggests a few ways to redraw the maps while avoiding the extreme partisanship that led to the ruling. Read about it here.

The League's Gear Up to Vote minivan tour was featured by a pair of young French journalists in their own 23-state tour of the United States. For a documentary marking the end of the Obama Presidency, they interviewed League volunteers and staff at our fair booth in Wisconsin Rapids, along with some people who stopped to register or ask questions about voting. This video opens with the Wisconsin Rapids tour stop. The full documentary, in English and French, has an innovative format including quiz questions!

Next week Wisconsin's new Online Voter Registration system will go into effect, and that marks an end to the Special Registration Deputies program under which the League has registered Wisconsin voters for decades. The League has noted that while the new system will make registration much easier for many voters, the law unfortunately was written to make it more difficult for others to register. We are developing new methods to assist voters, and you can be sure the League will not falter in our mission to help citizens become informed and prepared to vote. 

The League released our election observation report from the November 2016 election this week, along with recommendations. Read about it in this Wisconsin State Journal article or see our press release or the full report.